Āndé

Ande was an old county in the plains of northwestern Shandong. Its seat moved over the centuries: an earlier Ande lay near Mayaowu, while the Sui placed the county at the town later known as Lingcheng. There it served as the seat of Dezhou for many generations. Early in the Ming, Ande was absorbed into the prefecture; the county and prefectural seats were then rearranged, leaving the old town with a different administrative name.